seminoles1 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 11 hours ago, Fresh Prince said: A female lead in predator will go over just as well as a female ghostbusters Yeah, would probably be just as much of a disaster as a female lead in a Terminator movie or an Alien movie. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 13 hours ago, Fresh Prince said: A female lead in predator will go over just as well as a female ghostbusters Yeah, far from the big reason why that movie wasn't good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 1 hour ago, seminoles1 said: Yeah, would probably be just as much of a disaster as a female lead in a Terminator movie or an Alien movie. Nobody in here is saying it couldn't work, just that it would bring out the neckbeards if they promoted it incorrectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 36 minutes ago, Outpost31 said: Nobody in here is saying it couldn't work, just that it would bring out the neckbeards if they promoted it incorrectly. What doesn't bring them out these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Prince Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 2 hours ago, MikeT14 said: Yeah, far from the big reason why that movie wasn't good. True but they movie was bashed before release for that exact reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Just now, Fresh Prince said: True but they movie was bashed before release for that exact reason Yes, fair. I think Star Wars got a little of that, but for the most part TFA was fine, and quelled that and then TLJ split us worse than a presidential election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroncosFan2010 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 (edited) Predator could be great with a female lead, if she is written as a human and not an infallible vagina wielding ubermensch. The female leads in Terminator and Alien are some of the most iconic figures in the history of film. Great actresses, great writing, great movies. Both female leads in Promethius and Covenant were pretty good as well, the scripts just crapped the bed in both about halfway through. I though either could have been iconic with the actresses being awarded decent accolades if the movies didnt just spiral into nonsense land halfway through. I hope the female lead is much like Ripley, a normal person with a non-leadership role who rises to the occasion and triumphs in the end as the people expected to get the job done are taken down around her. Obviously that may be too on-the-nose in terms of ripping from Alien 1 in a sense, but some itineration of that. And as others have said, I would love to see a middle-high tier actor be paraded as the lead only to be Deep Blue Sea'd 30-45 minutes in. (That was such a great twist, they hid it so well in all the previews, totally unexpected. Dont get that much these days) Samara Weaving may be too famous but I really would like to see that casting. Play her off as the 3rd lead or something and make the film clearly about her about halfway through. Clearly this is my fantasyland as they are going with a Native motif by all accounts and shes white as hell. I am worried about the Native motif, because is Hollywood going to be willing to kill off a bunch of Native Americans on screen? Or will it all be telegraphed deaths of the non-tribal characters for the most part with like one Native guy dying in a moment of heroism. That would be very telegraphed. Edited November 26, 2020 by BroncosFan2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Prince Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 15 hours ago, BroncosFan2010 said: Predator could be great with a female lead, if she is written as a human and not an infallible vagina wielding ubermensch. The female leads in Terminator and Alien are some of the most iconic figures in the history of film. Great actresses, great writing, great movies. Both female leads in Promethius and Covenant were pretty good as well, the scripts just crapped the bed in both about halfway through. I though either could have been iconic with the actresses being awarded decent accolades if the movies didnt just spiral into nonsense land halfway through. I hope the female lead is much like Ripley, a normal person with a non-leadership role who rises to the occasion and triumphs in the end as the people expected to get the job done are taken down around her. Obviously that may be too on-the-nose in terms of ripping from Alien 1 in a sense, but some itineration of that. And as others have said, I would love to see a middle-high tier actor be paraded as the lead only to be Deep Blue Sea'd 30-45 minutes in. (That was such a great twist, they hid it so well in all the previews, totally unexpected. Dont get that much these days) Samara Weaving may be too famous but I really would like to see that casting. Play her off as the 3rd lead or something and make the film clearly about her about halfway through. Clearly this is my fantasyland as they are going with a Native motif by all accounts and shes white as hell. I am worried about the Native motif, because is Hollywood going to be willing to kill off a bunch of Native Americans on screen? Or will it all be telegraphed deaths of the non-tribal characters for the most part with like one Native guy dying in a moment of heroism. That would be very telegraphed. Nice read, but if female is going against a predator I would like to see her have some type of military training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroncosFan2010 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Quote Nice read, but if female is going against a predator I would like to see her have some type of military training. Im not saying no military training, but someone that in the parlance of the service would be considered a support unit rather than full on elite infantry personnel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Prince Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 13 minutes ago, BroncosFan2010 said: Im not saying no military training, but someone that in the parlance of the service would be considered a support unit rather than full on elite infantry personnel. That I can agree with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminoles1 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Madds Mikkelsen officially replaces Johnny Depp as Grindelwald. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 1 hour ago, seminoles1 said: Madds Mikkelsen officially replaces Johnny Depp as Grindelwald. Upgrade. Might have to catch up on that now. Speaking of which, @Ty21, JK Rowling has a new book out that doesn’t seem to be in the Harry Potter universe. Have you read it? I saw it at Walmart the other day and know nothing about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty21 Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, Outpost31 said: Upgrade. Might have to catch up on that now. Speaking of which, @Ty21, JK Rowling has a new book out that doesn’t seem to be in the Harry Potter universe. Have you read it? I saw it at Walmart the other day and know nothing about it. The Robert Galbraith one? I tried reading something non-HP by her once and couldn’t do it. Her writing style outside of HP just feels awkward. Not that she’s a bad author, but it feels off reading it in a different context. But no I haven’t read that one. It’s the fifth book in her crime series by Robert Galbraith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Ty21 said: The Robert Galbraith one? I tried reading something non-HP by her once and couldn’t do it. Her writing style outside of HP just feels awkward. Not that she’s a bad author, but it feels off reading it in a different context. But no I haven’t read that one. It’s the fifth book in her crime series by Robert Galbraith. I meant The Ickabog. I just looked into it. Not interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 9 hours ago, Outpost31 said: I meant The Ickabog. I just looked into it. Not interested. sounds made up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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